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D0403700 (drī)adj. dri·er (drī′ər), dri·est (drī′ĭst) or dry·er or dry·est 1. Free from liquid or moisture: changed to dry clothes.2. a. Having or characterized by little or no rain: a dry climate.b. Marked by the absence of natural or normal moisture: a dry month.3. a. Not under water: dry land.b. Having all the water or liquid drained away, evaporated, or exhausted: a dry river.4. a. No longer yielding liquid, especially milk: a dry cow.b. Not producing a liquid substance that is normally produced: dry heaves.c. Not shedding tears: dry sobs.d. Needing moisture or drink: a dry mouth.5. No longer wet: The paint is dry.6. Of or relating to solid rather than liquid substances or commodities: dry weight.7. Not sweet as a result of the decomposition of sugar during fermentation. Used of wines.8. Having a large proportion of strong liquor to other ingredients: a dry martini.9. Eaten or served without butter, gravy, or other garnish: dry toast; dry meat.10. Having no adornment or coloration; plain: the dry facts.11. Devoid of bias or personal concern: presented a dry critique.12. a. Lacking tenderness, warmth, or involvement; severe: The actor gave a dry reading of the lines.b. Matter-of-fact or indifferent in manner: rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical tone.13. Wearisome; dull: a dry lecture filled with trivial details.14. Humorous in an understated or unemotional way: dry wit.15. Prohibiting or opposed to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages: a dry county.16. Unproductive of the expected results: a mind dry of new ideas.17. Constructed without mortar or cement: dry masonry.v. dried (drīd), dry·ing, dries (drīz) v.tr.1. To remove the moisture from; make dry: laundry dried by the sun.2. To preserve (meat or other foods, for example) by extracting the moisture.v.intr. To become dry: The sheets dried quickly in the sun.n. pl. drys Informal A prohibitionist.Phrasal Verbs: dry out Informal To undergo a cure for alcoholism. dry up1. To make or become unproductive, especially to do so gradually.2. Informal To stop talking. Used especially in the imperative.

[Middle English drie, from Old English drȳge.]

dry′ly, dri′ly adv.dry′ness n.Synonyms: dry, dehydrate, desiccate, parch
These verbs mean to remove the moisture from: drying the dishes; added water to eggs that were dehydrated; a factory where coconut meat is shredded and desiccated; land parched by the sun. See Also Synonyms at sour.Antonym: moisten

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Arid as the sands of the Sahara —Joseph Conrad
The everyday cliche is “Dry as the Sahara.”
(I’ll) drain him dry as hay —William Shakespeare
Dries up like snakeskin —Kate Grenville
(Her words were) dry as the rustle of old leaves —William Beechcroft
Dry and cracking like the bindings on rare books —Diane Wakoski
(His throat was) dry as a desert —Colin Forbes
(Heart) dry as an autumn leaf —Nelson Algren
(You’ll sweat until you’re as) dry as an old gourd —George Garrett
Dry as ashes —Fisher Ames
Variations of this much-used cliche include “Dry as dust” as well as frame-of-reference switches such as “White as ashes.”
(His sensitive palate as) dry as a bread crust —W. S. Gilbert
Dry as a spinster on a Saturday night —line from “St. Elsewhere” television drama, broadcast December 16, 1986
(I was) dry as a stick —Thomas Gray
Gray used this in combination with two other similes: “I was dry as a stick, hard as a stone, and cold as a cucumber.”
(Her voice was) dry as burned paper —Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
(My heart felt as) dry as dirt —Bernard Malamud
(Their intellectuality is as) dry as dung that’s lain on a dusty road for weeks —Louis Adamic
A shorter version seen in a poem by W. D. Snodgrass: “Parched as dung.”
Dry as faded marigold —Stephen Vincent Benét
Dry as last year’s crow’s nest —Anon
Dry as poverty —John Ashbery
Dry as woodash —Marge Piercy
[Feeling of teeth against lips] dry as sandpaper —William Faulkner
(Hair) dry as spun glass —Elizabeth Spencer
(He was dry-looking, as) dry as talc —Marianne Wiggins
Dry as the white dunes under sunlight —Marge Piercy
Dry up faster than a pressed corsage —Reynolds Price
Parched like an open mouth —Charles Simic

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Noun	1.	dryness - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)waterlessness, xerotescondition, status - a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"dehydration, desiccation - dryness resulting from the removal of waterdrought, drouth - a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"aridness, thirstiness, aridity - a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall)sereness - a withered drynessconjunctivitis arida, xeroma, xerophthalmia, xerophthalmus - abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin Adry mouth, xerostomia - abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of salivawetness - the condition of containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water); "he confirmed the wetness of the swimming trunks"
	2.	dryness - moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugssobrietytemperance, moderation - the trait of avoiding excesses
	3.	dryness - objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"dispassion, dispassionatenessemotionlessness, unemotionality - absence of emotion

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noun1. aridity, drought, dehydration, aridness, dehumidification, waterlessness, moisturelessness, parchedness the parched dryness of the air2. thirstiness, thirst, desire for a drink, parchedness Symptoms include dryness of the mouth.

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noun1. A lack of excitement, liveliness, or interest:asepticism, blandness, colorlessness, drabness, dreariness, dullness, flatness, flavorlessness, insipidity, insipidness, jejuneness, lifelessness, sterileness, sterility, stodginess, vapidity, vapidness, weariness.2. The practice of refraining from use of alcoholic liquors:abstinence, soberness, sobriety, teetotalism, temperance.

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(drai) adjective1. having little, or no, moisture, sap, rain etc. The ground is very dry; The leaves are dry and withered; I need to find dry socks for the children.干燥的2. uninteresting and not lively. a very dry book.枯燥乏味的3. (of humour or manner) quiet, restrained. a dry wit.正经的4. (of wine) not sweet. （酒等）不甜的 verb – past tense, past participle dried – to (cause to) become dry. I prefer drying dishes to washing them; The clothes dried quickly in the sun.使干燥dried adjective (of food) having had moisture removed for the purpose of preservation. dried flowers; dried fruit.弄干了的ˈdrier, ˈdryer noun a machine etc that dries. a spin-drier; a hair-dryer. 干燥器，吹风机 ˈdrily, ˈdryly adverb in a quiet, restrained (and humorous) manner. He commented drily on the untidiness of the room.枯躁无味地ˈdryness noun干ˌdry-ˈclean verb to clean (clothes etc) with chemicals, not with water. 干洗dry land the land as opposed to the sea etc. 陆地dry off to make or become completely dry. She climbed out of the swimming-pool and dried off in the sun.使完全变干dry up1. to lose water; to cease running etc completely. All the rivers dried up in the heat.使干涸2. to become used up. Supplies of bandages have dried up.用完3. to make dry. The sun dried up the puddles in the road.使变干4. (of a speaker) to forget what he is going to say. He dried up in the middle of his speech.讲不出话来

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noun the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)

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noun moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs

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